As the new God of War reels in close to its official release date this Friday, it seems God of War can’t take a break from the overwhelming positive review scores by gaming media giants in general.

The long-awaited sequel has been generating so much hype that it recently turned heads of a prominent competitor.

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, composed a tweet of congratulations to God of War’s developer Santa Monica Studio and PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader Shuhei Yoshida for the excellent review scores and solid launch.

Congrats @SonySantaMonica@yosp on the review scores and the upcoming launch of God of War. Looks like a special launch for the franchise, great job.

Steering away from slaying Greek gods to traversing in Norse jungles, Kratos returns in the titular God of War as a father to Atreus in search for inner peace after the lost of loved ones (again) along with his trusty axe, the Leviathan.

The new God of War is revamped in a brilliant way and the game has mesmerised us since we got our first look.

God of War received a wonderful 9/10 from us. Our writer Jasmin said in her review, “I enjoyed every moment of gameplay. This is the God of War that I have been asking for and I am glad Santa Monica Studios listened. It was tough to find fault.”

God of War will be released on 20 April exclusively for PlayStation 4.

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